Complete a best practice portfolio that covers all the HRM functions we have covered in the paper: recruitment, selection, orientation, training and rewards.
The aim is to present a portfolio of best practice for each of the HRM functions covered that you could use for future decision making in an HR role.
The key is to use the literature and practitioner sessions to clearly inform the decisions you make regarding what best practice is in each of the function areas.
The portfolio will consist of combining two components:
1 - A summary/review of two contemporary academic articles (post 2013) for each of the functions e.g. two articles on recruitment, two on selection, two on orientation, two on training and development and two on rewards and recognition. A review of 10 academic articles in total.
You will be required to present the key findings and conclusions of these articles and then compare them to the practitioner presentations in class.
2 – A summary/review of the practitioner presentations (in class from weeks 6-10) on each HRM function.
Your discussion will highlight where the theory presented in the academic articles agrees or disagrees with the practitioner presentations. You will be required to draw conclusions about what you argue to be the best practice in this area, based on what you have read and what you have heard from practitioners.
You will present a concise summary of what you consider to be best practice for each of the HRM functions we have covered.
Suggested Portfolio Structure
Introduction (200 words) – outlines the structure of your portfolio (a ‘road map’ to what is presented and in what order) and highlights what information you have drawn on to create it.
Under each topic – i.e. recruitment, selection, orientation, training & development and rewards & recognition. Complete the following:
Literature summary/review – approximately 200 word summaries of the two academic articles that support each topic. These concisely highlight the main points and key conclusions of the literature that you will be drawing on to argue for your ‘best practice’ conclusions (approx. 1000 words in total).
Practitioner Summary – approximately 200 word summaries of each of the practitioner presentations for each function area. These concisely highlight the main points and key conclusions of the class presentations that you will be drawing on to argue for your ‘best practice’ conclusions (approx. 1000 words in total).
Discussion– approximately 300 words to present your best practice conclusions for each HRM function area. Clearly show how you have come to your conclusions based on the literature you have read and practitioner presentations you have seen. Show where the literature and practitioner content agrees and disagrees. Explain why you have concluded what you have regarding your best practice suggestions (approx. 1500 words in total).

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Introduction
The role of Human Resource Management (HRM) in business is huge and diverse. The HRM
lies down the line or path on which the aspects like recruitment, training and development,
rewards and recognition are done in a business (Alkahtani, 2015). Thus in this discussion, the
best practices of HR in business would be looked into. The portfolio of practices would be made
for the business for its future use of best practices for decision-making roles. While forming this
portfolio, the issues of recruitment, training, selection, orientation, reward and recognition would
be addressed to find out the impact of such practices in business, in each such role making it
competent and decisive for the employers